Study: Religious People More Likely to Lie for Financial Gain - Atheist Nexus2015-08-02T18:55:10Zhttp://atheistnexus.org/forum/topics/study-religious-people-more-likely-to-lie-for-financial-gain?commentId=2182797%3AComment%3A2319874&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noIt could also mean that socio…tag:atheistnexus.org,2013-10-25:2182797:Comment:23198742013-10-25T21:48:15.801Zjuha the stupidhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/juharasanen
<p>It could also mean that sociopaths are drawn to religion - easy profit.</p>
<p>It could also mean that sociopaths are drawn to religion - easy profit.</p> What's Opera ... Doc?tag:atheistnexus.org,2013-10-25:2182797:Comment:23196762013-10-25T18:48:58.376ZLoren Millerhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/LorenMiller
<p>What's Opera ... Doc?<br/><br/><a target="_blank" href="http://clubs.calvin.edu/chimes/issue_images/106/20/WhatsOperaDoc.jpg"><img class="align-full" src="http://clubs.calvin.edu/chimes/issue_images/106/20/WhatsOperaDoc.jpg?width=400" width="400"/></a></p>
<p>What's Opera ... Doc?<br/><br/><a target="_blank" href="http://clubs.calvin.edu/chimes/issue_images/106/20/WhatsOperaDoc.jpg"><img class="align-full" src="http://clubs.calvin.edu/chimes/issue_images/106/20/WhatsOperaDoc.jpg?width=400" width="400"/></a></p>
♫♪ Kill Da Wabbit, Kill Da…tag:atheistnexus.org,2013-10-25:2182797:Comment:23196722013-10-25T18:42:12.667ZPathttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/Pat46
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<p>♫♪ Kill Da Wabbit, Kill Da Wabbit ♫♪</p>
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<p>♫♪ Kill Da Wabbit, Kill Da Wabbit ♫♪</p> lol, we must think alike Jame…tag:atheistnexus.org,2013-10-25:2182797:Comment:23196602013-10-25T18:26:42.846Zmatthew greenberghttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/matthewgreenberg
<p>lol, we must think alike James:</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.atheistnexus.org/forum/topics/thou-shalt-not-lie-unless-there-s-profit" target="_blank">http://www.atheistnexus.org/forum/topics/thou-shalt-not-lie-unless-there-s-profit</a></p>
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<p>lol, we must think alike James:</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.atheistnexus.org/forum/topics/thou-shalt-not-lie-unless-there-s-profit" target="_blank">http://www.atheistnexus.org/forum/topics/thou-shalt-not-lie-unless-there-s-profit</a></p>
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<p></p> Well ... he WAS German, wasn'…tag:atheistnexus.org,2013-10-25:2182797:Comment:23195392013-10-25T11:50:37.861ZLoren Millerhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/LorenMiller
<p>Well ... he WAS German, wasn't he? Odds on, he probably liked <em>hassenpfeffer</em> ... though during Lent, that might have been a bit gauche!</p>
<p>Well ... he WAS German, wasn't he? Odds on, he probably liked <em>hassenpfeffer</em> ... though during Lent, that might have been a bit gauche!</p> Loren is exactly correct. Rel…tag:atheistnexus.org,2013-10-25:2182797:Comment:23193882013-10-25T11:42:34.778ZMichael Pennhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/DennisMichaelPennington
<p>Loren is exactly correct. Religious belief is lies and exaggeration taken to the limit. Martin Luther said it was OK to lie to promote god's "truth." He was also known to drink his beer and fart at the devil. Luther would say "here, devil. I blow you a little kiss."</p>
<p>I miss the reference on that right now, but I found it in print somewhere. I'm wondering what the man thought about the Easter Bunny?</p>
<p>Loren is exactly correct. Religious belief is lies and exaggeration taken to the limit. Martin Luther said it was OK to lie to promote god's "truth." He was also known to drink his beer and fart at the devil. Luther would say "here, devil. I blow you a little kiss."</p>
<p>I miss the reference on that right now, but I found it in print somewhere. I'm wondering what the man thought about the Easter Bunny?</p> Can we really say this is sur…tag:atheistnexus.org,2013-10-23:2182797:Comment:23189772013-10-23T23:49:42.245ZLoren Millerhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/LorenMiller
<p>Can we really say this is surprising? Believers and particularly christians rely on the doctrine of forgiveness of sins, lying being one such, and since at some level they see themselves advancing the cause of their god and his putative savior, they don't see a lie as being that big a deal. Certainly the founder of Protestantism, Martin Luther, thought that lying in the service of his god had no necessarily deleterious effect.<br></br><br></br>Then, too, religious belief is an exercise in…</p>
<p>Can we really say this is surprising? Believers and particularly christians rely on the doctrine of forgiveness of sins, lying being one such, and since at some level they see themselves advancing the cause of their god and his putative savior, they don't see a lie as being that big a deal. Certainly the founder of Protestantism, Martin Luther, thought that lying in the service of his god had no necessarily deleterious effect.<br/><br/>Then, too, religious belief is an exercise in prevarication, exaggeration, and downright mendacity. One could suggest that its practitioners are dealing in the common coin of their realm and not be at all mistaken.</p>